Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 2C. Scribner, 1869 |
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... according to the difference of ac- cent , so that people never speak without singing . " This description , though somewhat exaggerated , is correct in the main , there being six or eight musical accents or modulations in this as in ...
... according to the difference of ac- cent , so that people never speak without singing . " This description , though somewhat exaggerated , is correct in the main , there being six or eight musical accents or modulations in this as in ...
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... according to others , the elements , of articulate speech , never exist without meaning . Articulate sound is always an utterance , a bringing out of something that is within , a manifestation or revelation of something that wants to ...
... according to others , the elements , of articulate speech , never exist without meaning . Articulate sound is always an utterance , a bringing out of something that is within , a manifestation or revelation of something that wants to ...
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... According to the interval in which the head of such a note is placed , the same sign is to be taken as a noun , an adjective , a verb , or an adverb . Thus the same sign might be used to express love , to love , loving , and lovingly ...
... According to the interval in which the head of such a note is placed , the same sign is to be taken as a noun , an adjective , a verb , or an adverb . Thus the same sign might be used to express love , to love , loving , and lovingly ...
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... according to the system of Linnæus , or according to that of Bishop Wilkins , has its own . peculiar place in their synopsis of knowledge , and its own peculiar sign in their summary of philosophical language , every change in the ...
... according to the system of Linnæus , or according to that of Bishop Wilkins , has its own . peculiar place in their synopsis of knowledge , and its own peculiar sign in their summary of philosophical language , every change in the ...
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... according to him , comprehend everything that can be known or imag- ined , and therefore everything that can possibly claim expression in a language , whether natural or artificial . To begin with the beginning , we find that his ...
... according to him , comprehend everything that can be known or imag- ined , and therefore everything that can possibly claim expression in a language , whether natural or artificial . To begin with the beginning , we find that his ...
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Agni Alphabet ancient Angiras Anglo-Saxon Aryan languages aspirates Asvins breath bright called conception consonantal consonants cows Curtius dawn deity dental derived dialects distinct divine doubt Dyaus earth English etymology express father French German glottis gods Gothic Grammar Grammatik Greek Grimm Grimm's law guage guttural heaven hence Homer horse hymn idea Indra Italian Kafir Kuhn Kuhn's Zeitschrift labial Latin letters likewise Maruts meaning meant originally metaphor mind modern mother myth mythology nations nature never night noun Old High-German Old Norse philosophers phonetic poets Polynesian pronounced Rig-Veda Roman root Sanskrit Sarama Saranyû Savitar Saxon scholars Science of Language sense skrit Slavonic soft sonant sound speak speech spiritus asper spiritus lenis spoken supposed syllable tenuis Teutonic things thought tion tongue trace Tuisco twins Varuna Veda verb vibrations Vivasvat vowels words Yama Zeus δὲ καὶ τῶν